the road from Lipscomb. Traditionally, basketball games between the two schools are called the "Battle of the Boulevard". In 2006, the rivalry reached a new level when Belmont and Lipscomb advanced to the finals of the Atlantic Sun tournament at the Memorial Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, with the winner earning its first-ever bid to the NCAA tournament. Belmont won 74–69 in overtime. Lipscomb was invited to the National Invitation Tournament as the regular-season conference champion, "the program's first-ever post-season appearance."
In 2019, Lipscomb made the NIT basketball finals, falling to the Texas Longhorns.
== Notable alumni ==
=== Academia ===
Michael F. Adams (1970), retired president of the University of Georgia, former chancellor of Pepperdine University
William S. Banowsky, fourth president of Pepperdine University
Richard A. Batey (H.S. 1951, David Lipscomb College 1955), New Testament scholar
Lee C. Camp (1989), Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Center for Vocational Discovery at Lipscomb University
Douglas …
